Help with US Navy rank

[Mike Cutler]

I was an O-6

So uhhhm, can we start calling you "Cap", or "Skip".

Sorry the E5, submariner, in me came out for a minute there.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

So uhhhm, can we start calling you "Cap", or "Skip".

Sorry the E5, submariner, in me came out for a minute there.

Those "Bubbleheads"!

[Barry Richardson]

Seems his marker is correct, aside form the esoteric extra designations that have came and went over the years for navy ratings, he was a PO2 USN.

[Dave Anderson NH]

There were indeed esoteric Navy ratings that have gone away. My mother passed away in early December and I got to look at her discharge papers. She was a Specialist Q 2nd class. Under duties it lists, "duties of a technical and highly specialized nature" She was a cryptographer,.

[Rick Potter]

Thanks again, folks. I really appreciate the depth of knowledge in the creek, and especially the willingness to share it.

Rick P

[Phil Thien]

There were indeed esoteric Navy ratings that have gone away. My mother passed away in early December and I got to look at her discharge papers. She was a Specialist Q 2nd class. Under duties it lists, "duties of a technical and highly specialized nature" She was a cryptographer,.

Yeah and there are seventeen agencies comprising the "intelligence community." The Navy has the ONI.

Would those affiliations be necessarily indicated on discharge papers?

I would think you wouldn't indicate someone was part of the ONI on their discharge paperwork but I really don't know.

[Bill Neely]

During WWII enlisted rates only went to E-7. E-8 and E-9 were added during the early 1960s. All enlisted men who get out after only one hitch are transferred to Inactive Reserve till the 6 years is up. Even though I was Regular Navy for 4.5 years, when separated was transferred to Inactive Reserve. The discharge then was from USNR.

1958 for E-8 and E-9, I joined in 1960 and there were Senior and Master Chiefs around then. My father in law was a draftsman for the Navy, 1st Class Petty Officer, before and after the war he an architect.

[Rich Riddle]

1958 for E-8 and E-9, I joined in 1960 and there were Senior and Master Chiefs around then.

I would have guessed senior chiefs and master chiefs roamed around with dinosaurs. Many look like it.

[Mike Cozad]

I would have guessed senior chiefs and master chiefs roamed around with dinosaurs. Many look like it.

Some actually are, lol. Back when I was a Chief, I remember one time we were in the of an operational reactor safety exam and a Chief needed to eat early since he was on the drill team. The E-5 cook wouldn't serve him because it was ~10 min early. The Chief of the Boat happened to walk through the mess decks at the same time and heard it. His head spun around and he peeled that poor cooks head like a grape. He said, and I quote "IF A CHIEF SAYS HE NEEDS TO EAT THEN THE CHIEF NEEDS TO EAT!! CHIEFS ARE THE CLOSEST THING TO ROYALTY THE NAVY HAS. SO GET BACK THERE AND GET THAT CHIEF SOMETHING TO EAT!" I remember it like it was yesterday for 2 reasons. 1st, I never considered myself royalty. 2nd, I hoped I never turned out crusty and nasty like that. Now that said, the COB and I were buddies, but let's just say he and I didn't see eye to eye on how young sailors should be treated...